Audiobookshelf

io.github.ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcpv0.1.1Image, Video & Audio

Browse your Audiobookshelf libraries and keep listening progress, bookmarks and playlists in sync

The current version, v0.1.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-08-17. It is distributed as audiobookshelf-mcp on npm and as the Docker image ghcr.io/ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcp:0.1.1, filed under Image, Video & Audio by this index, and declares 4 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using Audiobookshelf in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

NOT YET SCREENEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The semantic screen takes adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands (15/150 labels to graduation). The deterministic conformance probe is built but has not yet run on the public corpus, so a recorded verdict here is REVIEW or UNVERIFIED, never a clearing ALLOW. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: the eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-08-17).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Audiobookshelf’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →

Environment variables

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL

required

Base URL of the Audiobookshelf instance, e.g. https://abs.example.com

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY

requiredsecret

API key from Settings -> Users -> API Keys (Audiobookshelf 2.26.0 or newer)

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY

Set to true to register only the 29 read tools and no write tools

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS

Set to true to accept self-signed certificates for this connection only

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL

required

Base URL of the Audiobookshelf instance, e.g. https://abs.example.com

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY

requiredsecret

API key from Settings -> Users -> API Keys (Audiobookshelf 2.26.0 or newer)

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY

Set to true to register only the 29 read tools and no write tools

AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS

Set to true to accept self-signed certificates for this connection only

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "audiobookshelf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL": "<audiobookshelf_url>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY": "<your-audiobookshelf_api_key>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY": "<audiobookshelf_read_only>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS": "<audiobookshelf_insecure_tls>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "audiobookshelf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL": "<audiobookshelf_url>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY": "<your-audiobookshelf_api_key>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY": "<audiobookshelf_read_only>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS": "<audiobookshelf_insecure_tls>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- audiobookshelf-mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user audiobookshelf-mcp -- npx -y -- audiobookshelf-mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user audiobookshelf-mcp npx -y -- audiobookshelf-mcp

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--",
        "ghcr.io/ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcp:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL": "<audiobookshelf_url>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY": "<your-audiobookshelf_api_key>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY": "<audiobookshelf_read_only>",
        "AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS": "<audiobookshelf_insecure_tls>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.1.1
category: Image, Video & Audio
quality: 90 / 100
operator: ni-c

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 962,836). Verify it yourself.

Links

Repository →Website →